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The politics of travel
THE CONTROVERSY OVER the Rajasthan Chief Minister, Ashok Gehlot's three-day visit to New York may have blown over with the Centre finally giving him permission to make it an official tour. But it remains a mystery why the Ministry of External ...
A major tragedy on the rails
A CONTROVERSY HAS already arisen on whether the tragedy on the Konkan Railway on Sunday night could have been averted. For the six-year-old Konkan Railway Corporation (KRC), it was the first tragedy of this kind. Being a special purpose vehicle ...


Leader Page Articles
Where is the strong defence?
By Pratap Bhanu Mehta

Whatever the rhetoric of the BJP-led Government, it is actually quite weak on the nuts and bolts of Defence. Its attention is focussed on the big gimmicks.
U.S. role in Indo-Pak. ties
By Rajindar Sachar

Has the U.S. demanded Indian troops for Iraq as a quid pro quo for restraining Gen. Musharraf?


News Analysis
CAPITAL TALK
A quantum leap?
By Inder Malhotra

Evidently, sound warnings against hype about the Prime Minister, Atal Behari Vajpayee's China visit have gone unheeded. As has happened all too often in the past and is almost certain to be repeated in future, the media contingent accompanying ...
Under the ground, behind the curtain
By Dipankar Bhattacharya

Whatever is happening on the Ayodhya front? Jayendra Saraswati, Sankaracharya of Kanchi, is once again on a quest for a negotiated out-of-court settlement of the Ayodhya issue. A formula attributed to him concedes a temple in place of the ...


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